My grandfather's retirement.

My grandmother just sent me this picture of my grandfather on a Tuesday morning. He is 94 years old.



The thing that I love about that picture are the details. The tv has a Cincinnatti Reds game on. But his headphones are playing the audio from a Louisville Riverbats game. On top of that, he's playing a card game on his home computer.

I also noticed that he's got a tiny tea cup of chocolate candies perched on the books to his right. He's a notorious "sweets snacker" despite the fact that he can't keep weight on. He's always thin as a little bird.

Also, he's wearing a nice denim shirt with a sweater vest over it. He loves the feel of a clean denim shirt. And he probably put the vest on, to cut the cold. Being so frail, he's cold almost all of the time.

But that's his retirement. Plugged into two different ballgames, relaxing on a Tuesday morning, in his study. We should all be so lucky, yes?